Circle Jerks: Wild in the Streets
1982
Faulty Products Records
Format I Own it on: Vinyl
Track Listing: 1. Wild in the Streets 2. Leave Me Alone 3. Stars and Stripes 4. 86'd (Good as Gone) 5. Meet the Press 6. Trapped 7. Murder the Disturbed 8. Letterbomb 9. Question Authority 10. Defamation Innuendo 11. Moral Majority 12. Forced Labor 13. Political Stu 14. Just Like Me 15. Put a Little Love in Your Heart
Yes! I love this one...Sure, it may not be the drop-dead classic "Group Sex" was but it definitely keeps the slam pit moving.. Have you heard this thing? Put the needle on the record and listen to the first song and tell me it doesn't make you wanna jump on your skateboard and get chased by the Daggers...
Oh yea, if you actually watch that "Thrashin'" clip you'll hear the whispery original version of the song as originally done by Garland Jeffreys in 1973...
It's a cool song too...Much more of a cool rock n' roll song than a hardcore thrasher...But I have to say the Circle Jerks' radical reinvention is where it's at..One of the best songs they ever recorded...
Actually the whole thing's pretty great...It seems more polished and precise than the first record, but it's still inarguably some of the most slamming hardcore ever recorded...Lots of good stuff here..."Stars and Stripes," "Murder the Disturbed" and of course the closing duo of covers, "Just Like Me" and the old Jackie DeShannon chestnut "Put A Little Love in Your Heart" which foreshadow the awesome "Jerks on 45" single, but we'll get to that tomorrow...
Look at all the beautiful red spellcheck zig-zags!
Alright, I'm getting silly...Better get out of here...But let's check out "Stars and Stripes" by the Circle Jerks before we go...Goodnight Kids!!
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